Jyoti Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case at a glance
Outcome
Bail refused
Accordingly, this bail application is rejected
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 34, 363, 366(A)
- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 s. 8
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 164
Key paragraphs
- Para 55. Considering the aforesaid facts, I am not inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of regular bail. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66796 of 2023(3) dt.06-12-2023 Accordingly, this bail application is rejected. If there is no substantial progress in the trial, the petitioner may move…
Judgment
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR Mr. Brij Kishor Mishra, Advocate Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ORAL ORDER 3 06-12-2023 Heard Sri Braj Kishor Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jagdhar Prasad, learned APP for the State.
This application for grant of regular bail arises out of Dhanaha P.S. Case No. 143 of 2023 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 363, 366(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 8 of the POCSO Act.
Allegation against the accused persons is of abducting the victim girl.
From the statement of the victim girl recorded under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C., it appears that the petitioner is running a brothel and she had kept the girl in her brothel.
Operative part
Considering the aforesaid facts, I am not inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of regular bail. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66796 of 2023(3) dt.06-12-2023 Accordingly, this bail application is rejected. If there is no substantial progress in the trial, the petitioner may move before this Court for bail. (Sandeep Kumar, J) pawan/- U T
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: Accordingly, this bail application is rejected
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 34, 363, 366(A); Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — s. 8; Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 164.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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